Two students at a rural Nevada high school have won a settlement in a federal discrimination lawsuit against the school district and the city of Yerington.
The students and their parents had filed the lawsuit in January, alleging they had been subjected to repeated racial slurs and threats for the last six months.
Fifteen-year-old sister Jayla Tolliver and Taylissa Marriott were freshman at Yerington High when the bullying began, and students were caught on video saying racial slurs and making threats.
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U.S. District Court Judge Larry Hicks sealed details of the settlement he approved in Reno, but court records show the city and the Lyon County School District agreed to pay at least $160,000 to cover attorney fees.